BEC 102 - MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

Review for Final Exam Questionnaire

Instructions: Write your complete solutions on the answer sheet provided. Solutions
must be generated using excel in computer or QM windows. Print out your
output.

Problems: (100 pts.)

1. Northwoods Backpackers is a retail catalog store in Vermont that specializes in

outdoor clothing and camping equipment. Phone orders are taken each day by a
large pool of computer operators, some of whom are permanent and some
temporary. A permanent operator can process an average of 76 orders per day,
whereas a temporary operator can process an average of 53 orders per day. The
company averages at least 600 orders per day. The store has 10 computer
workstations. A permanent operator processes about 1.3 orders with errors each
day, whereas a temporary operator averages 4.1 orders with errors daily. The
store wants to limit errors to 24 per day. A permanent operator is paid $81 per
day, including benefits, and a temporary operator is paid $50 per day. The
company wants to know the number of permanent and temporary operators to
hire to minimize costs. Formulate an integer programming model for this problem
and solve it by using the computer.

Minimize, Z= 81x1 + 50x2

Subject to:
76x1 + 53x2 > 600
x1 + x2 < 10
1.3x1 + 4.1x2 < 24
x1, x2 > 0

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